Sespe District Boy Scouts Of America

Welcome to the District website. The Sespe District is part of the Ventura County Council and covers localities in the western portion of
Ventura County including Ojai, Oakview, Santa Paula, Fillmore and the City of Ventura.

Boy Scouts

Popcorn Kickoff

On behalf of the Ventura County Council, Boy Scouts of America,
thank you again for all your hard work on the 2016 Popcorn Campaign!
The 2017 Council-wide Kickoff for
Unit Popcorn Kernels is~
MONDAY, AUGUST 14th
Camarillo United Methodist Church
291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo

Lucas Holmes Eagle Scout

Our Scouting Units

The Sespe District is home to some of the best scouting units available anywhere. Each unit has their own personality and activities they do throughout
the year. It is our recommendation that you use the search tools below to help find units in your area and visit with those units to help you
find your new scouting home.

Journey To Excellence

Fundraising

Membership Growth

Unit Contacts

Community Service Hours

Leaders Trained

Our Services

For anyone who would like to give some of their time to scouting, there are many great opportunities within the district to do so. Just use the Contact Us page below to send us a message and let us know what areas you would like to participate.

District Commissioners

Unit specialists and roundtable specialists charged with ensuring a quality program for the youth in all
their assigned units. Commissioners help keep units alive and healthy. Unit commissioners
conduct most of the direct contact with units. Assistant District Commissioners help the district
commissioner administer the entire commissioner staff.

Finance Committee

Successful financing of the council is the direct result of successfully conducted fund-raising
programs within each district. Each district within the council has finance goals. These goals
are based upon a fair-share formula, based on the potential of the district and the needs of the
council. The district finance chairman assists in determining and raising the goals.

Membership Committee

The district membership committee gathers information on prospective chartered organizations,
helps organize new units, reorganizes dropped units and units not meeting, and recruits new
members in a systematic way. It establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships
with major community organizations and strategic alliances, both those with and without
scouting units. These include religious, educational, civic, fraternal, and veteran
organizations and associations, labor unions, business and industry, professional
societies, and other organizations with objectives compatible with the Boy Scouts of America.

Activities and Civic Service Committee

The district activities and civic service committee's job is to provide mountaintop
experiences that dramatically capture the attention of the whole Scouting community: a
Scout color guard at a city hall ceremony, or presentation of the Award of Merit to
leaders at a district recognition dinner. Your efforts help make these great events
happen in the lives of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Venturers and leaders.

Camp Promotion Committee

The district camp promotion and outdoor committee provides outdoor programs that most units are
unable to provide on their own, and outdoor programs are often the main reason youth join a
Scout unit. From Cub Scout day camp to high-adventure programs, this committee helps make
exciting outdoor programs. This committee helps make exciting outdoor programs available for
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers

Training Committee

The district training committee's job is to get adult leaders trained. One of the keys to the success
of the Scouting program is trained volunteer leadership. Second only to the selection of the right person
for each responsibility is his or her training in the purposes of Scouting, the methods through which
these purposes are achieved, and the techniques of their individual job.

Recognition and Advancement Committee

The district advancement committee implements procedures that help achieve BSA procesures. The committee
help Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Teams, and Venturing Crews succeed. Units help youth members
advance in rank. If they advance, they will have a good experience and will grow in their Scouting adventure.

Vern Green

The District Chairman is the top volunteer Scouting leader of the district in a defined geographical area, whose job is to motivate a talented team of people.

Ken L. Harrison

Assistant District Chair

Victor Rivera

Senior District Executive

The district executive is your best Scouting friend and counselor-the full time professional in the district.

Herb Schwind

District Program Chair

Daylean Atkin

Assistant District Chair

Kevin Jay Batten

District Commissioner

The District Commissioner is the quality control officer who recruits, trains, and leads a staff of commissioners who coach adult leaders of every unit to succeed.

Stephen P. Berkel

District Camping Committee Chair

The Outdoor Committee Chair is responsible for ensuring the units in the district have ample camping and outdoor opportunities.

Brendan Hendrick

Roundtable Commissioner

Upcoming Events

The Sespe District has a number of events that happen throughout the year. Additionally, events occur at the council level. The
"Upcoming Events" section of the website
will help you keep up to date with the latest happenings throughout the district. Remember, if you subscribe to the Sespe District website
news blasts, you will always know about upcoming events.

District Committee Meeting

Subscribe to Calendar and Newsletter

Communication is key for our District and Units to grow and prosper. The District offers a monthly newsletter and weekly calendar updates
that can be sent to your email address. Enter your Email Address in the field below to receive our updates.

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Lucas Holmes Eagle Scout

Training!

Vern Green
07/09/2017

Would you like to make scouting better? Maybe you are a scouting unit leader that is struggling to keep your boys involved. Maybe you are worried about boys dropping out of the program. Or perhaps you are involved in the Unit Adult Committee and are confused on what your responsibilities are.

National Certicate of Merit Presentation to Don Kress

Contact Us

You are welcome to send us a contact on any sort of feedback about the district, our units, our website or other topics.
We will not add you to any sort of mailing lists, unless you request it, and we will not contact you further unless that is your
request. Requests or interest on units however, will be shared with the unit leaders in an appropriate fashion.